SF Compensation Consultant​/lead

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We are seeking an experienced SAP Success Factors Compensation Lead to join our Reinvention Services team at Manager level. In this role, you will serve as the principal Functional Subject Matter Expert for SAP Success Factors Compensation, guiding clients through the design, configuration, and deployment of total rewards and compensation planning solutions that are commercially sound and operationally impactful.

You will take ownership of team decisions, engage across multiple cross-functional work streams, and provide solutions to challenges that span both your immediate team and broader delivery teams. This is an outstanding opportunity for a Success Factors Compensation specialist who combines deep module expertise with the stakeholder influence and leadership capability required at Manager level.

Functional SME Leadership

• Serve as the primary Subject Matter Expert for SAP Success Factors Compensation, ensuring functional correctness and alignment with real-world compensation business processes and operational goals.

• Apply deep knowledge of compensation business processes — including merit, bonus, equity, and total rewards planning — to validate requirements, configurations, and workflows with client stakeholders.

• Ensure solutions are functionally sound, scalable, and aligned to both HR Total Rewards objectives and broader business strategy throughout the project lifecycle.

• Take responsibility for team decisions within the compensation workstream and provide solutions to problems that apply both to the immediate team and across multiple delivery teams.

• Drive the adoption of best practices, quality standards, and governance frameworks across all project engagements.

Solution Design & Process Improvement

• Lead the analysis and refinement of business requirements, aligning compensation processes with SAP Success Factors system capabilities and operational goals.

• Define detailed functional and technical specifications to guide configuration, development, and integration teams.

• Identify opportunities for process improvements and recommend innovative solutions to enhance system performance, user experience, and compensation cycle efficiency.

• Develop and support proof of concepts, solution estimates, and conceptual designs to validate approaches and secure stakeholder confidence.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by proactively identifying functional gaps and proposing forward-looking, scalable enhancements.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams — including HR, Finance, Payroll, and IT — to drive seamless integration and end-to-end implementation of compensation processes.

• Engage directly with client stakeholders to communicate progress,…